[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51734-51735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24464]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Public Land Order 7163

[CO-935-1430-01; COC-55323]


Withdrawal of Public Lands for Protection of Archaeological and 
Paleontological Values; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

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SUMMARY: This order withdraw 4,526.24 acres of public lands for 50 
years for protection of archaeological, paleontological, and cultural 
values. The lands will be closed to location and entry under the mining 
laws. The lands have been and will remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, 
Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 303-239-3706.
    By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior 
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
43 U.S.C. 1714 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
    1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described public 
lands are hereby withdrawn from location and entry under the United 
States mining 

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laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), but not from leasing under the mineral 
leasing laws, to protect archaeological, paleontologial, and cultural 
values:

Grand Junction Archaeological Sites

Rabbit Valley Research Natural Area

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 10 S., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 8, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and S\1/
2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 16, N\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 17, N\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NE\1/4\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\.

Sieber Canyon

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 11 S., R. 103 W.,
    Sec. 33, lot 1, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\, 
and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 34, lots 2 to 6, inclusive, and 8, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/
4\NW\1/4\.
T. 12 S., R. 103 W.,
    Sec. 3, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4 lots 5 to 7, inclusive, S\1/2\N\1/2\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 5, lots 5 and 6, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
    Sec. 6, lots 13 to 24, inclusive;
    Sec. 7, lots 5 to 9, inclusive, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/
4\.
T. 12 S., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 1, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 12, lots 1 to 3 inclusive, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

Dinosaur Hill Paleontological Area

Ute Principal Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 2 W.,
    Sec. 29, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

McDonald Creek Cultural Resource Area

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 10 S., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 19, E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 20, SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 29, W\1/2\;
    Sec. 30, E\1/2\E\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\SE\1/
4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 31, East 10 chains of lot 11, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, and NE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 32, W\1/2\NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.

Split Rock Paleontological Area

Sixth Principal Meridian

T. 10 S., R. 104 W.,
    Sec. 11, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\.

Fruita Paleontological Site

Ute Principal Meridian

T. 1 N., R. 3 W.,
    Sec. 13, S\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 24, W\1/2\NE\1/4\ and NW\1/4\.

    The areas described aggregate 4,526.24 acres of public lands in 
Mesa County.

    2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the 
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of the lands 
under lease, license, or permit, or governing the disposal of their 
mineral or vegetative resources other than under the mining laws.
    3. This withdrawal will expire 50 years from the effective date of 
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the 
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1988), the Secretary 
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.

    Dated: September 15, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-24464 Filed 10-2-95; 8:45 am]
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